Regulation 6 Interpretation: local authority

(1)

In these Regulations, F1except in Schedule 1A, “local authority” means—

(a)

in England outside Greater London—

(i)

a district council,

(ii)

where there is a county council but no district council, the county council, or

(iii)

the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

(b)

in Greater London—

(i)

the council of a London borough,

(ii)

the Common Council of the City of London,

(iii)

the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple, or

(iv)

the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple;

(c)

in Wales—

(i)

a county council, or

(ii)

a county borough council.

(2)

Where a port health authority has been constituted for a port health district by an order under section 2 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 M1 that authority is the local authority for the area covered by that district in relation to a Part B installation, a small waste incineration plant or a solvent emission activity.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 6(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Marginal citations

M1: 1984 c. 22.